Consumerism Quotes
212 quotes by 162 authors
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Our world, so we see and hear on all sides, is drowning in materialism, commercialism, consumerism. But the problem is not really there. What we…
— Jacob Needleman
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Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify with or feed what are only passing shows. It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism…
— Richard Rohr
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Consumerism has brought us anxiety. Set aside time to play with your children, and turn off the TV when they sit down to eat.
— Pope Francis
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People are realizing that what seemed important to them in their lives-materialism and consumerism-doesn't work at all to make a happy heart. It actually makes…
— Sylvia Boorstein
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I'm not afraid of a world with less consumerism, less 'stuff' and no economic growth. I'm far more frightened of the opposite
— Rob Hopkins
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I like to live my life so that my loved ones give me the things I need as gifts and I give them the things…
— Vandana Shiva
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I agree with Dreher when he writes, 'we can't build anything good unless we live by the belief that man does not exist to serve…
— Paul Weyrich
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I condemn the national gay press for its emphasis on consumerism.
— Harry Hay
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Consumerism has led us to become used to an excess and daily waste of food, to which, at times, we are no longer able to…
— Pope Francis
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Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.
— Pope Francis
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My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what I was saying…
— Christian Bale
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It is an incredibly difficult task to lead people from self-centered consumerism to being servant-hearted Christians. It is not a task for fainthearted ministers or…
— Rick Warren
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Gentrification and consumerism... have destroyed the character of my favorite American haunts, like North Beach, Berkeley, Venice and Aspen.
— Tom Hayden
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There’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.
— Alan Hirsch
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I do think if you aim for quality, it's not so much about consumerism. The idea is 'Buy less, choose well, make it last,'
— Vivienne Westwood
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Consumerism is hard to describe when it's the ocean and we're the plankton.
— Geoffrey Miller
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Only the rich can achieve enlightenment because the poor are too busy looking for fridge freezers.
— Rajneesh
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One cannot build life from refrigerators, politics, credit statements and crossword puzzles. That is impossible. Nor can one exist for any length of time without…
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Put two things together which have never been put together before, and some schmuck will buy it.
— George Carlin
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Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.
— Paul Eldridge
Who Wrote These Consumerism Quotes
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